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grassquitted adj. Reduced by drink to flitting between conversations like a small Caribbean bird with no settled perch. Name became grassquitted and moved rapidly between tables without completing a sentence. grassroots democracied adj. Softened by drink into allowing every ordinary bystander a decisive vote on the next round. grassroots leadered (/ˈɡɹɑːsɹuːts ˈliːdəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing each local inconvenience as a matter for community liaison. Johniah became grassroots leadered and canvassed the queue about improvements to the cloakroom. grasstopped adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to the uppermost fraction of a functioning stride. Patriccia left grasstopped, carefully placing each foot where the previous one had been. grasstreed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a stout trunk, a broad crown, and no unnecessary turns. Narvis was grasstreed by midnight, rooted beside the coat stand and waving at passers-by. grasstured adj. Loosened by drink into an uncommonly childish pasture, with syntax grazing nearby. grassumed adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has acquired a Scottish land tenure. grassweeded adj. Emboldened by drink to classify every plant in sight as an unwanted form of grass. grasswidowhooded adj. Of a drinker: alone in the marital sense, but accompanied by several contradictory accounts of the evening. grassworked adj. Slowed by drink to weaving an entire basket from the nearest available blades. grasswracked adj. Drunk and lying about the room like sea-wrack, preferably after a coastal expedition of the imagination. grasswrened adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary conversation has been replaced by brief, territorial movements. Katrine became grasswrened and defended the corner behind the umbrellas. grated (/ɡɹeɪtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in one piece, yet still allowing the larger facts to fall through. gratefulnessed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary gratitude, thanking the furniture for its continued structural reliability. Shanaz became gratefulnessed and thanked the table for remaining where it had been placed. grater caked adj. Drunk, with the result that the person has acquired a sugary coconut crust and cannot be discussed plainly. Voyle became grater caked and required careful removal from the sticky side of the table. gratered (/ˈɡɹeɪtəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that reduces every solid opinion to small, serviceable shreds. Cassondr became gratered and reduced a firm view on parking to a scatter of particulars.